Eat, Drink and Be Wary

by Devon Delaney

Overview

The New England Fall Food Fest has begun, and for competitive cook Sherry Oliveri, it’s a chance to take home a prize—and take down a killer . . .
 
Sherry’s hoping her Savory Shrimp Lettuce Cups will impress the judges, and she’s invited her brother, Pep, to serve as her sous-chef. The good news is that she takes first place in her category, the bad news is that it’s easier to win when your toughest competition is dead . . .
 
After contestant Fitz Frye is found with a fishhook in his neck, Pep’s strange behavior doesn’t help his case when the police consider him top suspect. While Pep sits through a shakedown, Sherry searches near and far for the real culprit—before another deadly course is served . . .
 
Includes Recipes from Sherry’s Kitchen!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781496727848
Publisher:	Kensington
Publication date:	08/25/2020
Series:	A Cook-Off Mystery , #4
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	189,331
Product dimensions:	4.00(w) x 6.60(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Devon Delaney is a wife, mother of three, accomplished cooking contester, recent empty nester, and lifelong resident of the Northeast. She has been handsomely rewarded for her recipe innovation over the last twenty-plus years, including a full kitchen of major appliances, top cash prizes, and four trips to Disney World. She has also won the Grand Prize in a national writing contest for her “foodie” poem “Ode to Pork Passion.”

Editorial Reviews

2020-06-03
Recipes may hold the clue that catches a killer.

Connecticut-based chef Sherry Oliveri, who loves to compete in culinary competitions, has tapped her brother Pep as sous chef for the New England Fall Food Fest Cook-Off to be held in their hometown. Since Pep’s been away, Sherry has been looking forward to spending time with him, but he’s strangely uncommunicative and spends a lot of time on his phone. Their father would love Pep to eventually take over The Ruggery, the family business, but he’s unwilling to make a commitment. At a cocktail party the night before the cook-off at Ginger Constable’s Augustin Inn, where most of the contestants are staying, Sherry notices the tension between some of the chefs and the sponsors of the competition, and she’s trolled by Fitz Frye, a tough competitor who’s beaten her before. Fitz never shows up at the competition, which Sherry handily wins; instead, his body is found in the remains of the ice sculpture from the cocktail party. This isn’t Sherry’s first brush with murder, and when Pep becomes a suspect, she’s pushed into investigating. It turns out that Fitz and several others involved in the contest had secrets to hide, and even Ginger, desperate for money to save her failing inn, is a possible murderer.

A complex but curiously unsatisfying mystery that may still appeal to foodies.

Kirkus Reviews